Shortage of skilled technicians can lead to inefficient clinics

Jane Shuman, MSM, COT, COE, OCS, CMSS, OSC, president and founder of Eyetechs Inc. and, more importantly to me, a long-time friend, recently met me for lunch, and we got to chatting about challenges in ophthalmology. Jane, who lives, eats and breathes ophthalmology, and is well-known throughout the eyeball community as a “fixer” of inefficient clinics, described to me what she sees as the two biggest hurdles our field faces.
The first is the continued shortage of skilled technicians, which has been an ongoing issue since I began working in (Read more...)

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